We are dependent on petroleum for energy, raw materials to make stuff, and fertilizer. Rather than use that dependence as an excuse to try to use fossil fuels as if there is no cosequence and as if the supply is endless; we need to use the energy now available to build a recycling economy. We need the energy from fossil fuels to build renewables. Once those are built though then they replace themselves until the sun burns out and the wind stops. Yes too there is a finite carrying capacity.

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